Kerre Woodham Mornings
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KERRE WOODHAM MORNINGS
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"Discuss this like adults": Tension builds over housing intensification in Auckland
There's confidence the right balance can be found when it comes to housing intensification in Auckland. A public meeting was held in Mt Eden last night, over proposals...
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Kerre Woodham: I'm not convinced we can do housing intensification properly
Around 200 people packed out the Mt Eden Village Centre in Auckland last night, and they were pretty riled up. In fact, many were furious over plans for high rise...
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"No option to do nothing": Education Minister delves into NCEA reform, curriculum changes
The Education Minister says there was no option to do nothing when it came to changing NCEA. The proposed changes include replacing the qualification with a system...
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Kerre Woodham: What more can be done to sort the supermarkets?
Well, Mike Hosking did a Kim Kardashian this morning and broke the Internet with his interview with Nicola Willis. Well, not actually the internet, but they're back...
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Kerre Woodham: Surely this visa can only be good for New Zealand?
A new visa to attract businesspeople to New Zealand has been established by the Government, and really, it's only a matter of days, perhaps weeks, before a loosening...
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New visa should see capital "recycled" back into the economy
More money could soon circulate through the economy as the Government opens up the country to more overseas businesspeople. Under its new Business Investor Visa,...
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Kerre Woodham: We need to get ships in and out more quickly
We all know that New Zealand is a trading nation. We need to sell stuff to make the money we need to build hospitals, pay our teachers and police officers, pay for...
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"Coming in droves": No lack of young Kiwis in the start-up space
Do younger Kiwis still have that No.8 wire mentality? While some are concerned the younger generation is settling as opposed to striving and investing in their...
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A "complete reset" needed as NZ's ports lack efficiency
There’s a call to completely reset our supply chains. The Cargo Owners Council says there's been a 30% drop in productivity since 2019. Chair Brent Flavey says...
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Kerre Woodham: Fatal DUI crashes need to carry strong sentences
I don't know about you, but I was truly surprised to hear Judge Russell Collins send a young drug driver to jail on Friday. In the Napier District Court, Judge Collins...
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Kerre Woodham: What good would repealing the gang patch ban do?
Labour's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Peeni Heare is standing by a comment that he’d repeal the gang patch ban. He agreed with the notion at an event on Wednesday night....
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Kerre Woodham: What will it take to bring NZ out of its funk?
Finance Minister Nicola Willis all but invoked the old adage ‘the beatings will continue until morale improves’, when commenting on the state of the economy yesterday....
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"Change in attitudes": Seymour unpacks rising attendance numbers
More students are attending school regularly. Figures released today show 58.4% of students regularly attended school in Term 2 - the highest since 2021. It's...
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Kerre Woodham: How can teachers justify the continued disruption?
The secondary teachers are out again. They're appalled and insulted by the Government's latest pay offer. For the record, the Governments offered a 1% pay rise...
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"Horses for courses": Should former politicians become diplomats?
Former Speaker Trevor Mallard is returning early from Ireland, ending his job as Ambassador. Winston Peters has appointed senior foreign affairs staffer Angela...
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Kerre Woodham: Can you have confidence in buying a new build with partial liability?
Two stories in the Herald today - one about the announcement from Christopher Luxon and Chris Penk yesterday, changing the building liability settings so ratepayers...
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Kerre Woodham: Can Kiwis be swayed to support Nuclear Power?
It seems hard to believe, but the Maxim Institute reckons New Zealand can lead the world in sustainable AI infrastructure. They warn, however, that the window of...
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Kerre Woodham: Dog owners have a duty to ensure the community's safety
It was our gorgeous night last night, absolutely beautiful. The kids were training for football up at the local park, and while I waited to pick up my daughter and...
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Dog attacks on the rise - would education lower the risk?
Auckland Council's cracking down on dog owners in a bid to lower a surge in attacks. It's made more than 611 prosecutions since 2020, targeting owners with dogs...
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"40 people left": Foodstuffs 'actively working' to re-employ staff after Auckland fire
Foodstuffs North Island says it's working hard to re-employ staff from an Auckland New World that caught fire in June. CEO Chris Quin says of 183 people, 121 are...
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Kerre Woodham: Fronting publicly is the least Ardern, Hipkins, and Robertson could do
There's an old saying, one generally used by mothers: I’m not angry, I'm just disappointed. Yesterday, hearing that the unholy Triumvirate of Ardern, Robertson,...
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"You can't defy the Speaker": Chlöe Swarbrick's punishment backed by former Speaker
Chlöe Swarbrick's back in Auckland – thrown out of Parliament this week for refusing to apologise for comments in the House. The Greens co-leader said if six of...
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Kerre Woodham: Is 'spineless' really unparliamentary language?
So as you will have heard, Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been barred from Parliament's debating chamber for the rest of the week, unless she apologises...
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"Police people are not above the law": Commissioner comments on McSkimming charges
The Police Commissioner says he feels for his staff as a top cop faces the courts. Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming is facing eight charges of...
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Kerre Woodham: What can we do about rate rises?
Commentators are telling us that the tide is turning, that we've reached the bottom of the cycle. ANZ has lowered its mortgage interest rates, so other banks will...
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Declining gas supply risks creating 'deindustrialisation' in the economy
The speed of decline of our gas supply could be hampering the transition to alternative energy. A Business NZ survey of commercial and industrial users shows average...
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"Just the basics": Push for caps on rising council rates
The economic doom and gloom continues with rising property rates. Some rural areas are even facing increases substantially higher than the average council rate. One...
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Kerre Woodham: Will we soon see the Greens leading the government?
I asked on Friday how anyone could vote for Labour given the latest Treasury report into their irresponsible spending of taxpayer money that came out last week....
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"The system is built around gas": Dwindling supply could see fertiliser plant's temporary closure
A hit for the Taranaki region, with dwindling gas supply forcing a potential short-term shutdown of a local fertiliser plant. Ballance Agri-Nutrients may have...
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Kerre Woodham: How can anyone not be critical of Labour?
I get texts on the daily from people saying “you're so negative about Labour”. “You never have anything good to say about the last government. You're so critical...
